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Whether you're new to ballet and opera or you've loved them all your life, we have something for you.

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All events Opera and Music Ballet and Dance

Royal Opera House
Tours

Behind the Scenes Tour

22 September–8 December 2026

Take a look in the areas that are normally off-limits to the public, including rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops.

A performer wearing a glamorous black dress, fishnet tights and a chunky pearl necklace sits on a grey silk dressed bed on stage. She is flanked by four performers wearing bright coloured jackets and various animal masks: one is a goat, one is a hare, one is a King Charles spaniel and one is a bat.

Main Stage
Opera and music

Alcina

23 September–3 October 2026

Includes Young RBO prices

Handel’s magical opera of love, seduction and sorcery.

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Multiple venues

Insights: The Royal Ballet in Rehearsal

23 September 2026–26 February 2027

Watch Royal Ballet dancers and coaches in rehearsal as they prepare some of the works they will soon perform on stage.

Linbury Theatre
Opera and music

Dark Nights

23 September 2026–12 May 2027

A series of one-off performances on the Linbury Stage by the most innovative and extraordinary vocal artists and experimental composers of today, exploring the limitless theatre of the human voice.

Linbury Theatre
Opera and music

Keeley Forsyth – HAND TO MOUTH TO

23 September 2026

Keeley Forsyth performs HAND TO MOUTH TO, a newly reimagined live performance that sits between concert, theatre and spoken narrative, as part of the Linbury's Dark Nights concert series.

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Two performers embrace passionately on a stage in front of a backdrop of a house that has images of red roses and handwriting projected onto the entire space.

Main Stage
Opera and music

Don Giovanni

24 September–15 October 2026

Includes Young RBO prices

Mozart’s darkest opera returns.

Two dancers appear in the Paul Hamlyn Hall. The man wears a black leggings and a black vest. The woman wears a white leotard and tutu. A crowd sit around them.

Royal Opera House
Opera and music
Ballet and dance

Live at Lunch

25 September–27 November 2026

Join us in the Royal Opera House's iconic Paul Hamlyn Hall for a new series of engaging lunchtime events and concerts.

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Linbury Theatre
Opera and music

JPA @ 25: Jukebox

25 September 2026

Two performances. Two programmes. You decide the music. Get to know the singers and music staff of the programme during the matinee performance and vote live for the songs and arias to be performed in full in the evening concert.

The Bridge of Aspiration linking the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet School

Royal Opera House

Architecture Tour

26 September–17 December 2026

Learn about the architecture of our world-famous Victorian theatre and its transformation over the centuries.

Gold brocade fabric lies on a table next to costume photos cards featuring actors in 1830's style dresses.

Royal Opera House
Tours

Divine Divas Tour

26 September 2026

Immerse yourself in the dazzling world of opera’s greatest divas, from Adelina Patti to Angela Gheorghiu, exploring ambition, glamour, rivalry and the star power that shaped operatic history.